''The Rose Garden'' is a 1989 American

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directed by

Fons Rademakers Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers (5 September 1920 – 22 February 2007) was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. His 1960 film '' Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas'' was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festi ...

and written by Paul Hengge. The film stars Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda,

Jan Niklas Jan Niklas (born 15 October 1947) is a German film and television actor. He is best known for appearing in TV films such as '' Peter The Great'', '' Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'' and '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story''. He won a Golden Globe Aw ...

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and Kurt Hübner. The film was released on December 22, 1989, by Cannon Film Distributors.

Plot

A holocaust survivor Aaron Reichenbach (Maximilian Schell) returns to Germany and attacks ex-Nazi officer Arnold Krenn (Kurt Hübner) in a Frankfurt airport. When Arnold files assault charges, a public defender, Gabriele Schlüter-Freund (Liv Ullmann), represents Aaron, expecting a straightforward case. But when Gabriele discovers that Aaron is one of many victims of cruel medical experiments in concentration camps, she resolves to seek justice. Aaron is reunited with his long lost sister who has also survived. At the end of the movie the experimentation on, and execution of 20 Jewish children in the Bullenhuser Damm is revealed.

Cast

* Liv Ullmann as Gabriele * Maximilian Schell as Aaron * Peter Fonda as Herbert *

as Paessler *

as Eckert *Kurt Hübner as Krenn (Krenn was based on Arnold Strippel) *

Georg Marischka Georg Marischka (born 29 June 1922 in Vienna; died 9 August 1999 in Munich) was an Austrian actor, screen writer, director and film producer for cinema and television. Life George Marischka was born into the world of film because his father w ...

as Brinkmann * Gila Almagor as Ruth *Lena Müller as Tina *Nicolaus Sombart as Judge * Özay Fecht as Mrs. Marques *Achim Ruppel as Klaus *Friedhelm Lehmann as Professor Stauffer * Mareike Carrière as Mrs. Moerbler *Lutz Weidlich as Schubert *Peter Kortenbach as Emminger *Marco Kröger as Harald * Hans-Jürgen Schatz as Hrudek *Dagmar Cassens as Dr. Kurth *Horst D. Scheel as Ward Physician * as SS Doctor *Uwe Schawz as SS Unterscharfuehrer *Rolf Mautz as SS Rottenfuehrer *Martin Hoppe as Young Krenn *Helga Sloop as Old Lady * Helmut Krauss as Taxi Driver *Hans Martin Stier as Patient *Barbara Werz as Frau Hasold *Sylvia Martin as Frau Stülp * Andreas Schmidt as Vladimir *Deirdre Fitzpatrick as Helga *Ines Fridman as Rachel Reichenbach *Evelyn Kussmann as Ruth Reichenbach *Ute Brankatsch as Journalist *Jean-Theo Jost as Court Officer

References

External links

* 1989 films 1989 drama films American drama films Austrian drama films West German films English-language Austrian films English-language German films Films directed by Fons Rademakers Golan-Globus films Films about the aftermath of the Holocaust Films set in West Germany 1980s English-language films German drama films 1980s American films 1980s German films {{1980s-drama-film-stub